Lane's nomination was withdrawn by Ireland's Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, who said indications pointed to Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos succeeding Vitor Constâncio as the ECB's vice president. Ministers said the appointment of Mr de Guindos should be finalised by European Union leaders in a regular summit on 22-23rd March. The pick of Economy Minister De Guindos, a eurozone v... [Full Article...]

The shooter in the Las Vegas massacre used bump stocks to increase the number of rounds he fired into the crowd. Immediately following the Strip shooting, Trump urged the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive to review current regulations on the manufacture and sale of bump stocks , a position endorsed by the National Rifle Association , Heller and Rep. [Full Article...]

The opposition leader would again stun Mugabe in 2008 when he won the first round of the presidential poll of that year. "We want to thank Morgan Tsvangirai for fighting for our rights". Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic of Kenya said both Kenya and Zimbabwe had suffered a huge loss with the passing of Tsvangirai. Chamisa took control of the party soon after Tsvangirai's death last Wedn... [Full Article...]

Several medical facilities in Eastern Ghouta were reported to have been struck on Monday, the CNN report said. More than 1,200 people were wounded by the Syrian regime shelling and airstrikes on the besieged Damascus suburb, which rights activists and residents described as being under "constant bombardment". [Full Article...]

The announcement came from Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif in a midnight tweet thanking "friends" who helped Pakistan avoid a major worldwide embarrassment. At present, the 11 jurisdictions are on the high risk and monitoring list of the FATF, which include North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka. [Full Article...]

The spokesman said it had crashed into a mountain. Citing the heavy fog that has reduced visibility to only 2 meters in the zone and has prevented any helicopter flights, General Taqikhani said the rescue teams are figuring out how to transfer the bodies on the ground. [Full Article...]

He said China helped counter this false narrative by its massive investment of $50 billion plus on CPEC which gave a boost to the Pakistan people and it was a vote of confidence in the future of Pakistan and an investment in the future prosperity of Pakistan and its people. [Full Article...]

Video footage posted on social media showed clashes between riot police and members of the Gonabadi Dervishes , an order following the mystical Sufi strain of Islam, seen as a threat to the Shi'ite theocratic establishment. Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) reported that seven other policemen have been injured in the incident and have been taken to hospital. Police forces fired air shots and te... [Full Article...]

Since Kasich won, he's seen a steady list of bills expanding gun rights. Kasich said on CNN. John Kasich said the deadly school shooting on Wednesday should be a rallying moment for the nation on guns, but he predicted Congress would not live up to the task, and suggested the President should take the lead. [Full Article...]

It confirms what WWF has been saying all along, that it was illegal for the Polish government to increase logging in Bialowieza and place Europe's best preserved lowland forest under threat. The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website], Yves Bot [official profile], issued an advisory opinion [text, PDF] on Tuesday finding the recent logging of Polish forests... [Full Article...]

This will be Warren Gatland's 100th game in charge of Wales , but he played this down on Tuesday. Biggar's right shoulder was injured in a club game on January 20, and he hasn't played since. Leigh Halfpenny , who pulled out of the team to face England the day before the match with a foot infection, returns at full-back. Aled Davies, Gareth Anscombe and George North provide the back-lin... [Full Article...]

Kvitova overcame an very bad start which saw her lose the first five games to eventually triumph 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Kvitova was forced to take a break from tennis after being attacked by a knife-wielding intruder at her home in 2016. Third seed Muguruza raced into a 5-0 lead in the opening set as Kvitova, who had spent nearly twice as long on court this week as her opponent, endured an error-strewn ... [Full Article...]

Before the suspect is able to get out of the way, the second suspect throws a second brick, striking his accomplice in the head. As he scurries after it, he blindly walks straight into his co-conspirator's line of fire. CCTV footage posted to Chinese social media site Weibo by Shanghai police has already been viewed 15 million times, the Daily Mail reports. The Shanghai Public Security B... [Full Article...]

The party ousts BJP by winning 27 out of 28 seats. Only three seats went to Congress . "Other small parties won 18 seats, while Independents emerged victorious in 202", Sinha said. "Of the total 2,060 seats in these 75 municipalities spread across 24 districts, the BJP won 1,167, Congress 630, NCP 28 and BSP 15 seats". Congress has also scored victoryin Rajula municipality in Amreli district. [Full Article...]

He played a top game and I am very pleased for his performance. That has led to intense scrutiny on Conte's position, despite the fact the Italian led Chelsea to the Premier League title last season. Chelsea goal scorer Willian was also disappointed with the end result after striking the woodwork twice. They're just 4-5-3 across all competition in 2018, and now the difficulty is about t... [Full Article...]

Jass Johal was provided by Mr. "I think it harms all the candidates at an important time in Ontario's history", Watt said. "I trust the process", he said. "There is an terrible lot of members I see on social media who think there was an injustice done to him - that he wasn't treated fairly by the party establishment and by the caucus members. [Full Article...]

President Barack Obama in late 2016 defended his administration's response to the Russian meddling, also saying he had confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin that September, telling him to "cut it out". He told them he was closely watching the media appearances by the student survivors, the Washington Post reported. The White House says the president will host a "listening session" ... [Full Article...]

Instead of getting a GST hike soon, Singaporeans aged 21 and above will get a "hong bao", or Lunar New Year red packet, as Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced a "one-off" bonus in 2018 of up to S$300 ($228.50), depending on their income. [Full Article...]

He said the administration will "take a renewed look" at giving law enforcement and local authorities the tools they need to deal with people struggling with unsafe mental illness. On Friday, he visited shooting survivors and first responders. "My heart breaks", said Kaaren Haldeman, a mother of three Durham Public Schools students. [Full Article...]

The tragedy struck Friday night as a military helicopter flew the interior minister and other officials to an area near the epicenter of a 7.2 magnitude quake that shook Mexico earlier that evening. "So far, no impact has been reported", the country's Civil Protection agency tweeted. "In that moment, you couldn't see anything, nothing else was heard beside the sound that iron makes when it scra... [Full Article...]